The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from ynriOus Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

OS the night of the 10th Dr. McGlynn,
as honorary presideus of the Father Mat
thew Memorial Societ of New York, de-
ivered an orGtion in Cooper Union at the
anniversary exercises in honor of the
birth Of Tather Matthew.
IT is denied that Dom Pedro Emperor
IF Brazil, contemplatos abdieation.
PART of tho records of a suit in Yer
million County, H., now on file there, were
written by Abraham Lincoln in 1855, and
later records in the Office were written by
Grover Cleveland in 1879.
TIE return Of Jas. Gordon Bennett to
New York, has caused a ripple of interest
on Wall street, the conclusion being
reached Rt once that il has some connec-
tiOn with the aTai-s OF the Commercial
Gable Company and its rate war with the
Western Union.
THE report has beeu confirmed in Tche-
ran that Ayoab Khan has died from
wounds received in the desert.
THE New York TTbune announced on
the 11th that John II. Ward, captain of the
New York baseball nine, would, on the
10Th, marry Miss Helen Dauvrey, the tai
ented and wealthy actress. They will make
a tour in the West.
THE presidential party arrived at
Omaha, Neb., on the 18th.
JUDGE TUONAs G.. MANNING, United
States Minister TO Mexico, died on the
morning of the 1lth at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York. He had been i'll for
about a week and was taken sick shortly
after his arrival in tAs city to attend the
meeting OF the Peabody Educational
Fund, of which no was one of the trus-
tses.
DHUIEEP SINGH and the executive COM
mittee of tho Indian Liberation Society are
printing on the Irish secret press in Paris
an appeal TO tho natives Of British India
TO awake from their tOrpor and prove that
they are no longer tho dupes OF English
merchants aud the slaves of English gov
ernors.
Ara village election at Alfred Center,
N. ", on the 18th, ten women cast votes,
and the election officers received them, do
claring that the legal opinions gathered
and published by Hamilton Wilcox, cOun-
sci for the Woman's Sutrra 20 party, had
convinced them OF the logGt right Of wOm-
en- to vote.
THE English cut tor Galatea, with Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Henn aboard, weiZhod
anchor ON the afternoon of the 1lth, OF
Bay Ridge, N. Y, and started for home.
There was q stiff northwest wind blowing,
and though the weather was cloudy and
inclined to rain, many yacLtmon assem-
bled to se' the cutter OFF.
ROBERT GAR3ETT has resigned the Balti-
more 65 Ohio presidency.
THE Amenr OF Afghan isfan does not be-
lieve the report that Ayoub Khan is dead,
and continues the work of defense for
AfghanistaE in the case OF civil war.
MAJOR c.. II. BURTON, Inspector eneral
~ of the Department Of tho Missouri, is en-
gagged in inspecting the forts in the In
dian Territory.
M. SAvOURE, "a Frenchman who, for ten
years has boen resident of Shoa, ono of
the States OF Abyssinia, has arrived ct
Paris on mission from King John.
THE President has appointed Thomas 4 d.
Pound, of Chippewa Falls, Wis, George
Stonemau, OK Los Angeles, Cal, aud TheO-
dore Cook, of Connections, commissioners
TO examine and report upon two sections
Of railroad and telegraph lines constructed
by the Central Pacific railroad (successor
20 tho California & Oregon railroad).
THE Duchess of Cumberland, who was
put into a Vienna insane asylum some
months ago, has completely recovered her
reason, and will leave the Institution in a
few DAYS.
THE Russian Government officially con-
tradcts tho report that Grand Duke Mich
olas, i'm recent speech, declared that, un-
der certain circumstance, he and other
Russians would join the French army.
TELEGRANs received in Now York on
the 18th contained statements that rumors
were current that Horny Willard Ia re-
tired from the directory Of the Northern
Pacific railroad Mr. Willard auth or ICES
the statement that they are absolutely
untrue
j. Il. ODELL, assistant general manager
OF the Northern Pacific, Eastern division
has resigned and accepted the position Of
general manager OF the Chesapeake &
Ohio at salary of Sl2,0JJ year.
THE remains of General Fitzpatrick ar
rived i'm New York on the 18th.
MISS FANNIE HAYES, daughter OF ex-
President r. Il. Hayes, sailed on the 18th
for the Bermudas on a visit to the planta.
tion OF her uncle, General Hastings,
THE Civn-Service Commission has or
dered an Investigation concerning the
enforcement Of the Civil-Service Law
and rules in the Kansas City (Mo.l post.
office.
DIR. PORTER, president of the Key Wes
(Fla.) Board of Health, having gone tc
Tampa to investigate the epidemic, Sur,
geon-General Hamilton has revoked tn,
order TO DR.. Guiteras to make such an IN
vestigation.
THE London Chronicles corr espondent
at Berlin says he has learned from an un
impeachabie authority that the conditi or
of the German Crown Prince is precarious
and that DR.. Mackcuzie's treatment ha.
failed.
Con sUI-G GENERAL CARDwELL Of Cairo
Egypt, in "a report TO the Department oi
cessful labors of American missionaries in
the valley of the Nile. Nearly six thou
sand native pupils are in attendance at the
schools that have been established.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has arrived in bon
don, and the Bulgarian question is once
more revived a public topic
LAFAYErrE County, Mo-, gives a major
ity Of over 1900 against the Local Option
law.
AFpe TTr-cfrre- y .rrr77 a,,reals to th,
CONSERVATIVES not TO ask her husband K
resign his seat in the British Parliament
REv. DAVID r. ksRR. ID. D., for many
years editor OF the United Presbyterian
died at Pittsburgh, Pa. on the l4th.
SECRETARY LAMAR, in the case Of the
United States VS.. Pearsau and Freeman
involving valuable mineral entries ol
placer claims in Colorado, has decided il
favor Of the claimants.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL Mont
GoMERY, of the Interior Department, ha,
gone to California for the purpose of rep
resenting the Government in the prosecu
tion of what is known as the Benton syn
dicate for fraudulent entry of large tract.
of land in Southern California.
GENERAL. BoULANGER, who is under ar.
rest is likely TO resign and be elected Z
the French General Assembly. 1t is re-
ported in Paris that he has already re
signed, but this is discredited in disinter
ested circles.
THE Department Of state has been ofn
cially advised of the appointment of Sin
Charles Tupper, of Canada, as one OF thu
British fishery commi ssioners. This las
appointment it is believed, completes tn,
British commission, which viii con sist ot
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Lionel West
the British Minister to the United States
and Sir Charles TuppoT.
GENERAL MASTER workman 20 wDERL7
attached his signature 70 his peremptory
resignation of that position early on tn
morning OF the 18th. He will withhold tn,